Defense lawyer Matt Carpenter, left, talks as his defendant Theodore Wafer listens during a motion hearing in Judge Timothy Kenny's courtroom inside the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit on Friday, April 25, 2014. Wafer is accused of fatal shooting 19-year-old Renisha McBride on the porch of his home in Dearborn Heights, Mich., in November. / Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press

by Gina Damron, Detroit Free Press

by Gina Damron, Detroit Free Press

DETROIT -- A Michigan man accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Renisha McBride on his porch last year will face trial in July.

Theodore Wafer of Dearborn Heights, Mich., is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in McBride's death in November.

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Dana Margaret Hathaway scheduled the trial to begin on July 21.

An assistant prosecutor said they have about 20 witnesses who will take the stand. Cheryl Carpenter, Wafer's attorney, said the defense has between 10 and 15 witnesses. Carpenter said she expects the trial to take about three weeks.

The defense attorneys are planning to conduct an examination of McBride's cell phone and a ballistics test of the shotgun.

Hathaway was selected for the case last week after Judge Timothy Kenny, who presides over the court's criminal division, granted a motion to recuse Judge Qiana Denise Lillard, a former Wayne County assistant prosecutor, from the case.

Wafer's attorneys had filed a motion requesting that Lillard recuse herself, arguing that members of the prosecutor's office have been involved in her campaign and that she has social media relationships with prosecutors.

Lillard ruled that she would not disqualify herself and then the matter was referred to Kenny, who granted the motion. He said a member of the prosecution team was involved in Lillard's campaign to retain her seat. Hathaway was blind drawn to the case.

A final conference hearing is scheduled for June 20.

Wafer is accused of shooting McBride with a shotgun through a locked screen door on Nov. 2. Carpenter has said her client was in fear when he heard banging on the doors of his home. Authorities have said McBride was drunk and crashed her car hours before she ended up on the porch of Wafer's home.